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Aimed at educated lay readers, the book explains the basic concepts of special and general relativity through plain-language exposition and conversational analogies, presenting how measurements of space, time, and motion depend on the observer, how gravity can be understood as curvature of spacetime, and how mass and energy relate. It surveys supporting empirical tests such as light deflection by the sun and Mercury's anomalous perihelion, adds an article by the theory's author, and offers illustrations and a bibliography for further study.

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Title: Easy lessons in Einstein

A discussion of the more intelligible features of the theory of relativity

Author: Edwin E. Slosson

Contributor: Albert Einstein

Release date: April 7, 2025 [eBook #75807]

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920

Credits: Charlene Taylor, Laura Natal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

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DR. ALBERT EINSTEIN IN HIS STUDY AT BERLIN.


EASY LESSONS IN EINSTEIN

A DISCUSSION OF THE MORE
INTELLIGIBLE FEATURES OF
THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY

BY

EDWIN E. SLOSSON, M.S.,Ph.D.

Literary Editor of The Independent, Associate in the Columbia School
of Journalism. Author of “Great American Universities,”
“Major Prophets of To-day,” “Six Major Prophets,”
“Creative Chemistry,” etc.

With an Article by Albert Einstein
and a Bibliography

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
HARCOURT, BRACE AND HOWE
1920